Sold TNA Sep 09 2022 39.5 Covered Calls at $0.43 and $0.46
Sold 1 TNA Sep 09 2022 40 Covered Call at $0.35
Sold 1 TNA Sep 09 2022 40.5 Covered Call at $0.23
Sold TQQQ Sep 09 2022 28.0 Covered Calls at $0.44
Sold 1 KOLD Sep 16 2022 19.0 Covered Call at $0.25
The TNA and TQQQ Calls replace similar calls that expired Friday
Author Archives: Option Iceman
VXX Put Spreads
Bought to Open VXX Mar 17 2023 7.0 Puts at $0.11
Sold to Open VXX Sep 09 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.14 for a $0.03 Credit for the first week
Long DTE = 191
Short DTE = 2
Bought to Open VXX Jan 20 2023 8.0 Puts at $0.08
Sold to Open VXX Sep 09 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.11 for a $0.03 Credit for the first week
Long DTE = 135
Short DTE = 2
Bought to Open VXX Dec 16 2022 9.0 Puts at $0.09
Sold to Open VXX Sep 09 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.12 for a $0.03 Credit for the first week
Long DTE = 100
Short DTE = 2
Bought to Open VXX Nov 18 2022 10.0 Puts at $0.06
Sold to Open VXX Sep 09 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.09 for a $0.03 Credit for the first week
Long DTE = 72
Short DTE = 2
#VXXContango
TNA UVXY KOLD Calls – SOXL Puts
Sold TNA Sep 09 2022 42.0 Covered Calls at $0.24
Sold TNA Sep 09 2022 42.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.18
Sold TNA Sep 09 2022 43.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.14
Replacing calls that expired Friday
Sold UVXY Sep 09 2022 12.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.09
Sold 1 KOLD Sep 16 2022 18.0 Covered Call at $0.25
Sold SOXL Sep 09 2022 11.5 Diagonal Puts at $0.37
Stocks
Tiny adds at new lows
INTC at $31.00 (a new 5-year low) Div = 4.67%
MMM at 119.13 (a new 2-year low) Div = 4.89%
VFC at $40.18 (a new 5-year low) Div = 4.90%
Stocks
Tiny buys adding to positions at new lows:
MMM at $121.60 Div = 4.8%
VZ at $41.46 Div = 6.1%
INTC at $31.12 Div = 4.6%
SWK at $85.47 Div = 3.6%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
OptionsExpiration
An extremely profitable week for my Diagonal and Covered Calls in TNA and TQQQ. Not too bad for VXX, SOXL, TNA, TQQQ and SLV puts either(although I had to roll some).
Going into next week with a lot less positions(risk) as many Bear Call spreads expired with gains.
Shorts Expiring:
BBBY 14.0 Diagonal Call
LABU 15/11.5 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 11.5 Diagonal Calls
TLRY 5.0 Covered Calls
TNA 39/39.5/40 Covered Calls
TNA 51/43.5 Bear Call Spread
TNA 52/43.5 Bear Call Spread
TNA 55/46 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 27/28.5/30/33 Covered Calls
TQQQ 31.5 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 42/33 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 43/34 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 12.5 Diagonal Calls
UVXY 13.0 Diagonal Calls
UVXY 8.5 Diagonal Put — #UVXYContango
VXX 29/20.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 30/20.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 18.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
UVXY Puts
Sold UVXY Sep 09 2022 9.0 Puts at $0.13, $0.14, $0.15 and $0.16.
Replacing similar puts for this week covered yesterday at $0.01
#UVXYContango #DoubleDip
VXX, SLV Puts and TQQQ, TNA Calls closed at a penny
Bought to close TQQQ Sep 02 2022 27.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.01. Sold on a roll last Friday at $6.95
Bought to close TQQQ Sep 02 2022 29.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.01. Sold on a roll last Friday at $5.55
Bought to close TQQQ Sep 02 2022 30.0 Diagonal Call at $0.01. Sold on a roll last Friday at $3.18
Bought to close TNA Sep 02 2022 42.0 Diagonal Call at $0.01. Sold last week on a roll at $6.54
Bought to close TNA Sep 02 2022 42.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.01. Sold last week on a roll at $6.47
Bought to close SLV Sep 02 2022 16.5 Diagonal Puts at $0.01. Sold Wednesday at $0.13
Bought to close VXX Sep 02 2022 19.0 Diagonal Puts at $0.01. Sold at $0.09 up to $0.18.
#VXXContango
LABU Covered Calls rolled up
Bought to close LABU Sep 02 2022 9.0 Covered Calls at $0.55. Sold last Friday on a roll at $1.55.
Sold to Open LABU Sep 09 2022 9.5 Calls at $0.60 for a $0.05 Credit plus an extra $0.50 on the strike.
Bought to close LABU Sep 02 2022 9.5 Covered calls at $0.05. Sold earlier this week at $0.15
VXX and SLV Puts rolled out
Bought to close VXX Sep 02 2022 20.0 Diagonal Puts / Sold to Open VXX Sep 09 2022 20.0 Puts at $0.22 Credit
Bought to close VXX Sep 02 2022 19.5 Diagonal Puts / Sold to Open VXX Sep 09 2022 19.5 Puts at $0.28 Credit
#VXXContango
Bought to close SLV Sep 02 2022 17.0 Diagonal Puts / Sold to open SLV Sep 09 2022 17.0 Puts at $0.11 Credit.
Short trading week next week
UVXY Puts
Sold UVXY Sep 09 2022 9.0 Puts at $0.08
Starting in on next week’s #UVXYContango Trades
#OnlySpreads
SOXL Put rolldown
Rolled the short puts back out of the money
Bought SOXL Sep 02 2022 13.0 Diagonal Puts / Sold SOXL Sep 09 2022 12.0 Puts at $0.04 Credit
SOXL crashed to 11.97 this morning before recovering somewhat.
Edit: I was probably early 😦
EPAM LRCX
Selling my last two lots of EPAM at 364.65 (near it’s 3-month high)
Bought on 02/28/2022 at $203.00 and on 03/07/2022 at $183.00. This company has(had) significant operations in Ukraine. These buys were pure speculation as the war broke out and turned into one of my best gains.
No Dividend. #RaisingCash
Sold my second lot of LRCX at $506.01. Bought on 04/12/2022 at $466.00.
Leaves one more lot at $409.10 that I will hold a bit longer
#FormerFallingKnife
TNA TQQQ Diagonal Calls
Bought to open TNA Sep 02 2022 55.0 Calls / Sold to open TNA Aug 05 2022 46.0 Calls at $0.03 Credit for the first week
Bought to open 1 TNA Sep 02 2022 52.0 Call / Sold to open TNA Aug 05 2022 44.5 Call at $0.08 Credit for the first week
Also:
Sold to close TQQQ Aug 05 2022 36.0 Calls at $0.57. Bought on 07/13/2022 at $0.13.
Sold to close TNA Aug 05 2022 43.0 Calls at $1.87. Bought on 07/13/2022 at $0.31.
Stocks
Sold a lot of QQQ at $316.38 (near the 1 month high). Bought on 05/12/2022 at $287.48.
Sold my oldest and highest lot of DHI at $79.40 (near the 3 month high). Bought at $75.00 on 03/31/2022.
#FormerFallingKnife
Added a couple:
Bought PARA at $23.20. Div = 4.05%
Bought CINF at 96.36. Div = 2.83%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
VXX LABU
Starting off with Calls this morning:
Sold VXX Aug 05 2022 23.5 Calls at $0.11
Sold VXX Aug 05 2022 24.0 Calls at $0.09
Sold VXX Aug 05 2022 24.5 Calls at $0.07
Sold LABU Aug 05 2022 9.5 Covered Calls (partial fill) at $0.15
OptionsExpiration
LABU 11/9.5 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 10/9.5 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 9.0 Diagonal Calls
LABU 9.0 Covered Calls
LABU 3/7 Bull Put Spreads
SLV 17.0 Diagonal Calls
SLV 15/16.5 Bull Put Spreads
VXX 35/24.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 34/23.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 33/23.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 23.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 20.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX 20.0 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
Stocks
Taking more gains near multi-month highs:
Sold my oldest and highest cost lot of SPY at $410.01. Bought on 05/09/2022 at $399.00
Sold my oldest and highest cost lot of LRCX at $491.00. Bought on 03/08/2022 at $480.00
Sold out my BR position at $161.50. Bought on 05/10/2022 at $136.36
Sold my 2 highest cost lots of CMI at $216.90. Bought on 11/30/2021 at $210.00 and on 02/24/2022 at $200.00
Sold my highest cost lot of GS at $330.01. Bought on 04/07/2022 at $315.00
Sold my highest cost lot of ROK at $250.00. Bought on 05/02/2022 at $248.00
Sold my highest cost lot of TEL at $132.97. Bought on 04/12/2022 at $123.00.
#FormerFallingKnife stocks
Added one:
Bought SWK at $95.58. Div = 3.25%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
TNA TQQQ Ladders rolled Out and Up
Some Calls Covered, some the short side of Diagonal Bear Call Spreads
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 32.5 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 33.5 Calls at $0.22 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 32.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 33.0 Calls at $0.02 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 31.5 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 32.0 Calls at $0.15 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 31.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 31.0 Calls at $0.40 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 30.5 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 31.5 Calls at $0.07 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 30.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 30.0 Calls at $0.25 and $0.37 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 29.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 29.0 Calls at $0.25 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 28.5 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 28.5 Calls at $0.11 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 28.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 28.0 Calls at $0.08 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 27.5 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 27.5 Calls at $0.02 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 27.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 27.0 Calls at $0.03 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 42.5 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 44.0 Calls at $0.29 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 42.0 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 43.5 Calls at $0.03 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 41.5 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 42.5 Calls at $0.44 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 41.0 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 42.0 Calls at $0.29 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 40.5 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 41.5 Calls at $0.21 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 40.0 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 41.0 Calls at $0.04 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 39.5 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 40.0 Calls at $0.33 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 39.0 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 39.5 Calls at $0.20 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 38.5 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 39.0 Calls at $0.05 Credit
Stocks
Taking some welcome gains after the pullbacks of the last month. All are right at multi-month highs.
Sold AVY at $185.99. Bought on 03/07/2022 at $160.00
Sold ROL at $37.69. Bought on 01/24/2022 at $31.00
Sold TYL at $390.00. Bought on 04/26/2022 at $380.00
Sold BF/B at $73.04. Bought on 09/30/2021 at $67.00 and on 01/24/2022 at $65.00
#FormerFallingKnife
TNA TQQQ VXX
Bought 1 TNA Aug 19 2022 48.0 Call / Sold to Open 1 TNA Jul 29 2022 42.0 Call at $0.02 Credit for the first week
Bought 1 TQQQ Aug 19 2022 37.0 Call / Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Jul 29 2022 32.0 Call at $0.03 Credit for the first week.
Sold 1 more VXX Aug 19 2022 20.5 Put at $0.21
VXX Puts
Back on the Put side
Sold VXX 07/29/2022 20.5 Puts at $0.14, $0.15 and $0.16
#VXXContango
TNA Diagonal Call
Bought TNA 08/19/2022 47.0 Call / Sold TNA 07/29/2022 41.0 Call at $0.22 Credit for the first week
LABU
Sold LABU 07/29/2022 9.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.25
Sold LABU 07/29/2022 7.0 Diagonal Puts at $0.20
VXX Puts and Calls
Yesterday sold VXX -7/29/2022 20.0 Puts at $0.26 average.
Today, switching back to Calls.
Sold VXX 07/29/2022 24.5 Calls at $0.11
ARE Stock
Sold my highest cost lot at $153.52. Bought at $142.66.
Keeping my other lot bought at $130.00.
#FormerFallingKnife
OptionsExpiration
Rolled up any in-the-money Calls in LABU, TNA and TQQQ this morning. Was a bit too hasty.
Rolled down my in-the-money SLV puts and did better.
The rest is a pretty short list this week.
== Expired ==
LABU 11/10 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 10.5/9 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 3/7 Bull Put Spreads
SLV 17.0 Diagonal Puts
TNA 40.5 Diagonal Calls
TNA 40.0 Diagonal Calls
TNA 39.5 Diagonal Calls
TNA 39.0 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 31.0 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 30.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 32/26 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 21.0 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX 20.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VZ Stock
Added to my VZ position at $44.36. Div = 5.37%
#FallingKnife #SP500
QQQ Stock
Sold my oldest and highest cost lot at $307.62 (near the 1-month high). Bought on 6/13 at $279.66.
#FormerFallingKnife
SLV Puts
Sold SLV 07.22.2022 17.0 Puts at $0.11
Replacing similar puts that expired last Friday.
#DoubleDip
NDAQ Stock
Sold out of my tiny position in NDAQ at $170.18, near a 3-month high.
Bought on 05/02/2022 at $155.00
#FormerFallingKnife
NEM Stock
Bought a tiny bit of NEM at $52.42, at a new low. Div = 4.03%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
KOLD Diagonal Put
Bought to open 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 9.0 Put / Sold to Open 1 KOLD Aug 19 2022 14.0 Put at $0.20 Credit
Long DTE = 121
Short DTE = 30
TNA TQQQ Diagonal Calls
Bought TNA Aug 12 2022 47.0 Calls / Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 40.5 Calls at $0.02 Credit for the first week
Bought TQQQ Aug 12 2022 37.0 Calls / Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 30.5 Calls at $0.02 Credit for the first week
VXX Diagonal Puts
Bought to open VXX Jan 20 2023 8.0 Puts at $0.09
Sold to Open VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.11 for a $0.02 Credit for the first week.
Long DTE = 184
Short DTE = 2
#VXXContango
LABU Diagonal Calls
Bought LABU Aug 19 2022 15.0 Calls / Sold LABU Jul 22 2022 10.0 Calls at $0.15 Credit for the first week.
TNA Diagonal Calls
Bought TNA Aug 12 2022 47.0 Calls / Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 40.0 Calls at $0.02 Credit
BKNG VRSN Stocks
Sold out of my BKNG at $1,838.42. Bought on 6/30 at $1,752.63.
My 4th successful round trip of this one.
Sold out of my VRSN at $182.30 (Near it’s 1-month high). Bought on 5/02 at $178.15
Neither pay a dividend
#FormerFallingKnife
TQQQ TNA LABU
Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 30.0 Call at $0.36
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 39.0 Calls at $0.41 and $0.61
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 39.5 Calls at $0.51
Sold LABU Jul 22 2022 7.0 Puts at $0.15
TQQQ TNA VXX Ladders
Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 30.0 Calls at $0.24, $0.26 and $0.32
Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 29.5 Calls at $0.33 and $0.34
Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 29.0 Calls at $0.45 and $0.50
Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 28.5 Covered Calls at $0.63
Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 28.0 Covered Calls at $0.82
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 39.0 Calls at $0.18 and $0.32
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 38.5 Calls at $0.28
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 38.0 Calls at $0.28 and $0.30
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 37.5 Covered Call at $0.42
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 37.0 Covered Call at $0.62
Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 20.5 Puts at $0.16
Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.36
FRC BA PARA DLR Stocks
Selling off my oldest and highest cost lot of FRC at $158.17 (near it’s 1-month high). Bought in April at $155.00.
Keeping lots at $146.73 and $135.00
Sold another lot of BA at $153.61 (near it’s 1-month high). Bought on 05/12 at $127.00
#RaisingCash #FormerFallingKnife
Added some PARA at $23.69 (Div = 3.84%)
Added some DLR at $$119.78 (Div = 4.03%)
#FallingKnife
VXX Puts
Right at the close
Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 20.5 Puts at $0.14
Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.33 and $0.34
#VXXContango
OptionsExpiration
== Expired ==
KOLD 30.0 Covered Call
LABU 9.5/9 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 3/7.5 Bull Put Spreads
LABU 7.0 Diagonal Puts
LABU 6.5 Diagonal Puts
SLV 7.0 Diagonal Puts
SOXL 11.5 Diagonal Puts
SOXL 11.0 Diagonal Puts
TNA 35.5 Covered Calls
TNA 35.5 Diagonal Calls
TNA 57/38 Bear Call Spread
TNA 45/37 Bear Call Spread
TNA 44/35.5 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ 27/27.5/28 Covered Calls
TQQQ 37/30 Bear Calls Spreads
TQQQ 36/28.5 Bear Calls Spreads
TQQQ 35/28 Bear Calls Spreads
VXX 40/25 Bear Calls Spreads
VXX 32/24.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 31/24 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 23.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 21.0 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
== Assignments ==
None
VXX Puts closed
The VIX index is down 8.4% today
Bought to close VXX Jul 15 2022 21.5 Diagonal Puts at $0.01.
Sold last week at $0.34 and $0.37.
#VXXContango
TQQQ Covered Call Ladder Rolled up
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Jul 15 2022 25.0 Covered Call / Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Jul 22 2022 25.5 Call at $0.24 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 15 2022 25.5 Covered Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Jul 22 2022 26.5 Calls at $0.13 Credit
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Jul 15 2022 26.0 Covered Call / Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Jul 22 2022 27.0 Call at $0.36 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 15 2022 26.0 Covered Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Jul 22 2022 27.5 Calls at $0.13 Credit
Still keeping a bit of downside protection
New VXX Diagonal Puts
Bought to open VXX Jan 20 2023 10.0 Puts at $0.21
Sold to Open VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.25 for a $0.04 Credit for the first week
Long DTE = 189
Short DTE = 7
Bought to open VXX Mar 17 2023 8.0 Puts at $0.21
Sold to Open VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.26 for a $0.05 Credit for the first week
Long DTE = 245
Short DTE = 7
LABU Calls rolled up
Rolled my LABU 8.0 Covered and Diagonal Calls up to next week’s 8.5 Calls at $0.05 and $0.15 Credits
Rolled my LABU Jul 15 2022 8.5 Calls to LABU Jul 22 2022 9.0 Calls at $0.24 Credit
Hoping my LABU 9.0 Calls expire
SLV Puts rolled
Rolled my SLV 17.5 puts to next week for $0.12 Credit.
Waiting to see if my SLV short 17.0 puts expire this afternoon
SLV craters
Adding diagonals way too soon:
Bought SLV Aug 19 2022 15.0 Puts at $0.15
Bought SLV Aug 26 2022 15.0 Puts at $0.18
Sold SLV Jul 15 2022 17.0 Puts at $0.26 against both these buys
I may have to roll the short puts tomorrow
VXX Calls
Starting in on next week’s calls
Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 26.0 Calls at $0.20
KOLD Call
Bought to close 1 KOLD 07/15/2022 36.0 Covered Call at $0.05
Sold at $2.60
Sold a one day scalp: 1 KOLD July 15 2022 30.0 Covered Call at $0.20
#DoubleDip
Stocks
A day for adding:
C at $44.11 Div = 4.48%
DOW at $48.66 Div = 5.63%
BXP at $84.86 Div = 4.52%
JPM at $106.13 Div = 3.57%
FITB at $32.24 Div = 3.63%
KEY at $16.50 Div = 4.59%
KOLD Diagonal Put
Bought to open 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 6.0 Put / Sold to Open 1 KOLD Aug 19 2022 14.0 Put at $0.44 Credit
Long DTE = 128
Short DTE = 37
KOLD low of the year = 16.56, Current price = 24.67
TNA Calls
Sold TNA Jul 15 2022 35.5 Covered Calls at $0.48
Added some spreads:
Bought TNA Aug 05 2022 43.0 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Jul 15 2022 35.5 Calls at $0.03 Credit
Bought TNA Aug 12 2022 45.0 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Jul 15 2022 35.5 Calls at $0.04 Credit
VXX SOXL LABU at the open
Sold 1 VXX Jul 15 2022 23.5 Call at $0.38
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 24.0 Calls at $0.23 and $0.28
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 24.5 Calls at $0.21
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 25.0 Calls at $0.16
Sold SOXL Jul 15 2022 11.0 Puts at $0.18, replacing similar Puts that expired Friday
Sold LABU Jul 15 2022 9.0 Calls at $0.62 and $0.70, balancing out the short puts I sold yesterday
VXX and LABU
Sold 1 VXX Jul 15 2022 23.5 Call at $0.35
Sold 1 VXX Jul 15 2022 24.0 Call at $0.27
Sold 1 LABU Jul 15 2022 7.5 Put at $0.25
Sold LABU Jul 15 2022 7.0 Puts at $0.15
Sold LABU Jul 15 2022 6.5 Puts at $0.10
LABU Puts
I’m overloaded on the call side so balancing out the short positions a bit
Sold LABU Jul 15 2022 7.5 Puts at $0.14
Sold 1 LABU Jul 15 2022 7.0 Put at $0.10
VXX Calls
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 23.5 Calls at $0.27 and $0.34
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 24.0 Calls at $0.27
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 24.5 Calls at $0.19
Replacing similar Calls that expired Friday and paired with this week’s 21.0 and 21.5 short puts
SOXL Puts
Last week’s diagonal worked out so trying a new one
Bought SOXL Aug 19 2022 7.0 Puts / Sold to Open SOXL Jul 15 2022 11.5 Puts at $0.02 Credit for the first week.
I still need to sell new puts against last week’s leftover long Puts
SLV Puts
Selling this week’s puts while extending my long put expiration
Bought to Open SLV Sep 16 2022 15.0 Puts / Sold to Open SLV Jul 15 2022 17.5 Puts at $0.03 and 0.04 Credits
Also sold SLV Jul 15 2022 17.5 Puts at $0.20 and $0.21 against the long puts from last week’s Diagonal spreads to replace the Jul 08 2022 17.5 puts the expired Friday
#DoubleDip
OptionsExpiration
I also had a pretty good day
Expired:
SLV 17.5 Diagonal Puts
SOXL 11.0 Diagonal Puts
TNA 36.5/38.5 Covered Calls
TNA 36.5 Diagonal Call
TNA 37.0 Diagonal Calls
TNA 37.5 Diagonal Call
TNA 38.0 Diagonal Calls
TNA 38.5 Diagonal Call
TQQQ 45/28 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 29.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 39/25.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 38/25 Bear Call Spread
VXX 37/24.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 36/24 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 35/23.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 21.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX Puts
Covered some of my overly large VXX Jul 08 2022 Put position at $ 0.07. Sold these at $0.185 average
Rolled some more VXX Jul 08 2022 22.0 Puts down to VXX Jul 15 21.5 Puts at $ 0.20 Credit while lowering the strike price a half point.
The rolled some more VXX Jul 08 2022 22.0 Puts down to VXX Jul 15 21.0 Puts at $ 0.02 Credit while lowering the strike price a full point.
#VXXContango
MSCI Stock
Sold my tiny position in MSCI at $438.66, near it’s 1-month high
Bought on 05/09 at $379.85 and got $1.04/sh divvy while I waited
#FormerFallingKnife
TNA Call Rolled
Bought to close 1 TNA Jul 08 2022 35.5 Call / Sold to Open 1 TNA Jul 15 2022 37.0 Call at $0.31 Credit
TQQQ Call Ladder rolled up a bit
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Jul 08 2022 24.5 Call / Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Jul 15 2022 25.0 Call at $0.05 Credit
Bought to Close TQQQ Jul 08 2022 25.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Jul 15 2022 25.5 Calls at $0.11 Credit
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Jul 08 2022 25.5 Call / Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Jul 15 2022 26.0 Call at $0.35 Credit
Bought to Close TQQQ Jul 08 2022 26.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Jul 15 2022 27.0 Calls at $.022 Credit
Still keeping some downside protection
VXX Diagonal Puts – right at the bell
Bought to open VXX Sep 15 2022 15.0 Puts at $0.19
Sold to Open VXX Jul 08 2022 22.0 Puts at $0.22 for a $0.03 Credit for the first week.
Long DTE = 72
Short DTE = 2
Bought to Open VXX Dec 16 2022 10.0 Puts at $0.20
Sold to Open VXX Jul 08 2022 22.0 Puts at $0.22 for a $0.02 Credit for the first week.
Long DTE = 163
Short DTE = 2
#VXXContango
TNA Calls
Sold TNA Jul 08 2022 38.0 Calls at $0.22 and $0.25
Sold 1 TNA Jul 08 2022 38.5 Call at $0.17
All my long TNA calls are now written against
LABU Diagonal calls
Set up a new LABU spread
Bought LABU 07/22/2022 11.0 Calls / Sold LABU 07/08/2022 8.5 Calls at $0.15 Credit
TNA Covered Calls
Sold 1 TNA Jul 08 2022 36.5 Call at $0.34
Sold 1 TNA Jul 08 2022 36.0 Call at $0.42
TQQQ
Starting in on the diagonal Calls
Sold TQQQ Jul 08 2022 27.0 Calls at $0.27, $0.32, $0.35, $0.39 and $0.44
Sold TQQQ Jul 08 2022 27.5 Calls at $0.20, $0.22, $0.24, $0.27 and $0.31
Sold TQQQ Jul 08 2022 28.0 Calls at $0.13, $0.15 and $0.19
TQQQ Covered Call Ladder
Covered call ladder for this week:
Sold TQQQ Jul 08 2022 27.0 Covered Call at $0.29
Sold TQQQ Jul 08 2022 26.5 Covered Call at $0.37
Sold TQQQ Jul 08 2022 26.0 Covered Call at $0.50
Sold TQQQ Jul 08 2022 25.5 Covered Calls at $0.64 & $0.66
Sold TQQQ Jul 08 2022 25.0 Covered Calls at $0.85 & $0.90
Sold 1 TQQQ Jul 08 2022 24.5 Covered Call at 1.09
LABU Calls
Sold LABU Jul 08 2022 8.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.35
Replacing strike 8.0 Calls that expired last Friday.
SLV Diagonal Puts
Bought SLV Aug 12 2022 15.0 Put / Sold to Open SLV Jul 08 2022 17.5 Put at $0.08 Net Credit for the first week.
Bought SLV Aug 19 2022 15.0 Puts / Sold to Open SLV Jul 08 2022 17.5 Puts at $0.07 Net Credit for the first week.
SLV is near it’s 52-week low
VXX Call Ladder
Sold 1 VXX 07/08/2022 25.5 Call at $0.15
Sold VXX 07/08/2022 25.0 Calls at $0.20 and $0.23
Sold VXX 07/08/2022 24.5 Calls at $0.18, $0.24 and $0.28
Replacing similar calls that expired Friday and paired off with this week’s 21.5 and 22.0 short puts
SOXL Diagonal Puts
Trying out my strategy on a new stock. Haven’t been in this one before.
Bought to open SOXL Jul 29 2022 8.0 Puts at $0.52
Sold to Open SOXL Jul 08 2022 11.0 Puts at $0.73 for a $0.21 Credit for the first week.
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